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Store:
Rua de Barreiros, 74,
4715-166 Nogueira,
Braga, Portugal

Warehouse:
Rua do Monte de S. Bento, lote 11 e 12,
4705-700 Fradelos,
Braga, Portugal

E-mail:
info@euromipe.com

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+351 253 257 148 (Seg-Sex: 9h00-19h00) (Chamada para a rede fixa nacional)

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Soaps and soaps

 

The spread of disease can be prevented by an act as simple as washing your hands. In this way, the transmission of viral, bacterial and parasitic infections to other people is stopped.

Most of the infections, such as colds, flu, food poisoning, hepatitis A, intestinal parasites and many others, are usually transmitted by contaminated hands. Even respiratory infections, which can be transmitted through coughing or sneezing, are actually transmitted more often by hand than air.

In the following video you can see which steps in your hand washing may be missing:

 

Observe the following experiment that shows the enormous amount of microorganisms that a hand can carry. On the left is the result after a person coughs directly against the sign. On the right, it is the result after an 8 year old child touches his hand against the plate. Each ball is a colony of microbes that grew for a few days. Each such colony has millions of microbes. The larger the diameter of the colony, the greater the number of microorganisms.

You can use these images to show your puppy if he often refuses to wash his hands.

Lavar as mãos

Based on: https://www.mdsaude.com/doencas-infecciosas/lavar-as-maos/

 

 

 

 

Additional information
There are always trillions of microbes in your hands on your skin. Obviously, most of them are harmless and are part of your skin's natural microbial flora. However, not all the microbes our hands come into contact with during the day are harmless.

 

When to wash your hands?
To avoid the transmission of diseases, hands should always be washed in the following situations:

  • Before and after preparing food.
  • Before eating.
  • Before treating injuries.
  • Before and after contacting any sick person.
  • After using the bathroom.
  • After changing diapers or cleaning a child who has gone to the toilet.
  • After blowing your nose, coughing, sneezing or having contact with any type of body discharge.
  • After shaking someone else's hands.
  • After coming into contact with animals.
  • After handling garbage.
  • If your hands are dirty.
  • After contact with surfaces for public use, such as handrails, public transport or money.


Which is better: regular soap or antibacterial soap?

  • There has been a lot of publicity for antimicrobial soaps, reinforcing that they are more efficient. However, they are not exactly “better” than ordinary soap and have some drawbacks.
  • Contrary to what happens when using antimicrobial soap, the main mechanism of action of ordinary soap is not to kill microbes, but to remove and eliminate them when you pass your hand through water.
  • Then, you will find some advantages in using ordinary soap over antibacterial or antimicrobial soap:
  • Studies show that antimicrobial soaps are not superior to common soaps in preventing disease transmission.
  • Ordinary soap is cheaper.
  • The widespread use of antimicrobial soap can lead to the development of resistant bacteria.
  • Animal studies show that triclosan, the active substance used in antibacterial soaps, can cause health problems, such as altered thyroid function, infertility, precocious puberty or other endocrinological changes.
  • Children frequently exposed to triclosan are at increased risk of developing allergies, including pollen allergy, allergic rhinitis and peanut allergy.
  • Antimicrobial soap is more aggressive to the environment than ordinary soap.

 

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